West Virginia Supreme Court
Recent News About West Virginia Supreme Court
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State Supreme Court annuls law license of Elkins attorney
CHARLESTON—The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has ordered the annulment of an attorney's law license after he was convicted of a crime. -
Manufacturers should not be liable for harm caused by competitors' products
Three out of five State Supreme Court justices last week declined to expand West Virginia's products liability law and refused to hold a brand-name drug manufacturer responsible for harm allegedly caused by a generic drug made and sold by another company. -
Lindsay plans to run for vacant Kanawha Circuit Court judge position
CHARLESTON – A veteran Charleston attorney is throwing his hat into the ring for the vacant Kanawha Circuit Court judgeship. -
Supreme Court declines to expand West Virginia's products liability law
CHARLESTON -- The state Supreme Court has declined to expand West Virginia's products liability law, saying a plaintiff has no cause of action against a brand-name drug manufacturer when the drug used was made by a generic manufacturer. -
Justices grant summary judgment to subdivision for homeowners’ delinquent assessments
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals issued a ruling that a subdivision was rightfully awarded summary judgment by a circuit court in 2016. -
New trial date set for Norfolk Southern Railway lawsuit
WILLIAMSON – A new trial date has been set for a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern Railway Company after a judge tossed a previous $800,000 verdict when it was discovered that one of the attorneys and a juror knew each other. -
Supreme Court says nearly $160,00 fine is proper for cigarette distributor
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has issued a ruling, agreeing that a fine of nearly $160,000 for a cigarette distributor who sold delisted cigarettes on multiple occasions was proper. -
51 lawsuits filed against Erie Insurance claiming breach of contract
CHARLESTON – Fifty-one lawsuits have been filed against Erie Insurance Property & Casualty Company after the plaintiffs claim it breached its contract with it failed to offer enough underinsured motorists coverage. -
Supreme Court says claims administrator wrongfully denied meal reimbursement request
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has issued an opinion stating that a claims administrator who denied reimbursement for a meal during a workers’ compensation medical examination appointment was in the wrong. -
Supreme Court pays more than $200,000 after IRS audit
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has paid the Internal Revenue Service more than $200,000 as a result from an audit done over the course of the last year. -
Justices say trial court abused discretion by dismissing suit
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled that a trial court abused its discretion by dismissing a lawsuit as a sanction. -
Supreme Court denies Parkersburg, officer new trial
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has issued a ruling denying a police officer and the city of Parkersburg a new trial in lawsuit filed by a man who was injured when he was rear-ended by a police officer. -
DiTrapano again asks state Supreme Court to reinstate his law license
CHARLESTON – Dante diTrapano again has asked the state Supreme Court to give him back his law license. -
Election for Stucky's replacement will be on November general ballot
CHARLESTON – The election of a new Kanawha Circuit judge to replace the resigning Jim Stucky will take place in November. -
Supreme Court hears arguments in former coach’s age discrimination appeal
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals heard arguments this week regarding an appeal by a former basketball coach who alleged he was discriminated against because of his age. -
WV CALA urges return of 'straw man' campaign cash
CHARLESTON – A statewide legal watchdog group says elected officials and candidates who have accepted campaign contributions from a Mississippi-based lawyer should return the money. -
Judge to issue right-to-work ruling by summer
CHARLESTON – Kanawha Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Bailey said at a hearing earlier this week that she plans to issue a ruling in the right-to-work lawsuit filed by unions nearly two years ago before this summer. -
Kanawha judge Stucky retiring because of medical issues
CHARLESTON – Kanawha Circuit Judge Jim Stucky is resigning because of medical issues. Stucky, who had served as a judge since 1997, hadn’t heard cases since early March because of his health. He submitted his resignation letter April 17 to Gov. Jim Justice. He seeks disability retirement. -
Carmichael calls state Supreme Court audit findings 'more of the same'
CHARLESTON – The president of the West Virginia Senate says he is dismayed by the “constant revelations about inappropriate spending” at the state Supreme Court. -
Judges without judgment
“We were kind of busy being judges and not paying attention to administrative things,” said West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Margaret Workman in response to the latest uproar over the most recent exposure of two justices' abuse of public funds to accommodate themselves in the extravagant style to which they wanted to become accustomed.